# Is anyone getting weird mail at their SDMB e-mail ?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996>\
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**Created:** [April 27, 2002, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996 "2002-04-27T20:04:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/81 "2002-04-28T06:01:40Z")

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I changed my (publically available) email address at the SDMB from xxxxxx@k.st to xxxxxxx@xxxx.com.au a short time back (about two or three weeks ago, IIRC), and I’ve received sixteen of these emails at the _old_ address. So the emails weren’t harvested within the last couple of weeks.

**Tuba** , would you have any sort of record of the exact date I changed my address? It would allow us to narrow down the time frame when this happened.

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**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/82 "2002-04-28T06:12:07Z")

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If it helps any, I changed the e-mail address I’ve got posted here about a week ago and I’ve not received any of the spam at my new address, but I’ve gotten a bunch at my old e-mail address.

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**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/83 "2002-04-28T06:13:18Z")

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FWIW, I use either pine or Eudora - they came in my Eudora box this a.m. because I was at home.

None have shown up in my pine box.

I got all the badrats emails, but NOTHING about a newsletter or anything like that.

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**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/84 "2002-04-28T06:16:38Z")

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OK. A big request here. When this first started, I fired off emails to Steve Richards and also to badrats.

I’ve posted Steve Richards’ response in which he accepts responsibility (although without explaining how the hell he got our addies).

I’ve just had an email from the guy who operates badrats asking if I know how the hell HIS address got on the mailing list and how to get it removed.

I’ve given him a link to this thread, so he can check out what we’ve already established, but this guys sounds on the level about being just as much a “victim” here as we are, so sending him more emails of complaint is serving no purpose.

I’m happy to forward his email to the admins, but don’t think it’s appropriate to post it in full here.  
BTW, **TLD** I’ve posted an announcement on G’Dope linking to here - hope you don’t mind.

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**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/85 "2002-04-28T06:17:11Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> Is your email hidden at both boards Goo?

I use a different e-mail address for G’Dope. The one that is getting spammed is used only for SDMB, and is not hidden. It _may_ have been used on the temp board, but I have no idea if it was hidden or not.

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**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/86 "2002-04-28T06:27:40Z")

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Another “me-too” post. Incidentally, though…I know that this address has only been used on the SDMB. I created it specifically for this use back in October, I think.

Don’t know if this helps.

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**Author:** ![Linear\_Crack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Linear\_Crack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linear_Crack)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/87 "2002-04-28T06:35:38Z")

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I received 38 of these message to an email addy I’ve only used here at SDMB.

First my cat vomits on my new HP Laser Printer, now this!

_sigh_

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**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/88 "2002-04-28T06:56:15Z")

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I got 30 emails. But it’s strange, many emails didn’t even list my email address. I use the free email at fathom as an address and don’t use Outlook with it Here’s one of them. Some were requests to stop sending the mail.

I obscured the address of the sender. And the unsubscribe email I sent out came back as undeliverable.

Any ideas on this???

Subject: Re: You’re using my old e-mail address.

Sender: \<[newsletter@raraavisband.com](mailto:newsletter@raraavisband.com)\>

To: \<[newsletter@raraavisband.com](mailto:newsletter@raraavisband.com)\>

From: “Pamela Joan Carter” \<\*\*\*\*\*\*-pjc@att.net\>

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Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 15:33:10 -0400

Precedence: list

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I haven’t sent you ANY email…must be someone messing  
with the network!

PJC

-----Original Message-----  
From: [newsletter@raraavisband.com](mailto:newsletter@raraavisband.com) [[mailto:newsletter@raraavisband.com](mailto:newsletter@raraavisband.com)]On  
Behalf Of [badrats@badrat.com](mailto:badrats@badrat.com)  
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 3:13 PM  
To: [newsletter@raraavisband.com](mailto:newsletter@raraavisband.com)  
Subject: You’re using my old e-mail address.  
Hi there,

This is James at [BadRat.com](http://BadRat.com). If you’re a human being and you happen to be  
reading this, then you’ve been using one of my old e-mail addresses. These  
include:

[badrats@badrat.com](mailto:badrats@badrat.com)  
[james@sonicopia.com](mailto:james@sonicopia.com)

If you’re a representative of a business, please unsubscribe the above  
addresses from your database. If you’re a friend or relative, my official  
address is now [info@badrat.com](mailto:info@badrat.com). Please update your address book.

Thanks,  
JamesBot

P.S. In case you’re looking for it, [http://www.badrat.com](http://www.badrat.com) is now  
[http://www.badrat.com/music/](http://www.badrat.com/music/) .

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/89 "2002-04-28T07:23:35Z")

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I got the first email (with the black background) around noon. I clicked the unsubscribe link to send an unsub email. I got 3 more emils (including the “badrats” one) and also my unsub confirmation, to which i replied, and haven’t had any more emails since.

One thing I did notice was that the images in the newsletter were working this afternoon, and they’re not working now. The images point to:

[http://www.raraavisband.com/email/\*.jpg](http://www.raraavisband.com/email/*.jpg)

(where \* is a number)

So [www.raraavisband.com](http://www.raraavisband.com) was working earlier, and it’s not working now. Perhaps the whole [www.raraavisband.com](http://www.raraavisband.com) site got hacked and used to send out these mails.

Also, I’ve gotten a couple of virus notices when checking email, something about a Exploit-MIME virus. Not sure if they’re related to this at all, since McAffee deletes them right away. It might be smart for some of you Dopers without virus scanners to think about getting one…

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**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/90 "2002-04-28T07:53:02Z")

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I got a ton of the messages and just added a filter to delete at the server (Outlook Express). I had no idea it was related to the SDMB. If anyone wants to know how to set up filters, just ask and I or someone will explain. I wouldn’t unsubscribe because that just creates another mailstorm and confirms a valid address.

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**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/91 "2002-04-28T09:41:43Z")

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I also got a bunch of emails (it seemed like the same one just repeated) from that rara avis. I just deleted them as a matter of course like I do with all spam. No further problems.

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**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/92 "2002-04-28T09:57:35Z")

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**DarkJudicator** just checked his email - he’s been hit too. He has the orginal ones I received, plus a few more. The newsletter plus 15 (all the listservs went to his junkmail).

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**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/93 "2002-04-28T10:11:31Z")

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More data:  
I got the emails.  
I had signed up at the temp boards.  
I changed my SDMB address during the last week of March.  
The emails had gone to my old address, which is probably also the one I used at the temp boards.  
I got an “undeliverable mail” message when I tried to unsubscribe, but haven’t gotten anything else since anyway.

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**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/94 "2002-04-28T10:13:01Z")

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Another victim checking in… I have just been blocking sender. I thought they might have been from a Yahoo group I run, but now I see that is prbly not the case. Gah!  
I think I have gotten about 25 or so of the badrat ones and all the same response ones you all have gotten. Gods, how annoying.

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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/95 "2002-04-28T10:14:47Z")

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I have not received any at my registered email address. However, after reading **TheLoadedDog** and **dwyr** ’s posts this may be because I had to change my address a few months back as my old provider dropped free accounts.

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/96 "2002-04-28T10:42:06Z")

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Well, looky what just turned up in my inbox:

> [@](#):
>
> From :  
> “[SBWH.com](http://SBWH.com) Support” \<[support@sbwh.com](mailto:support@sbwh.com)\>
> 
> To :  
> “‘Lynn Bodoni’” \<[lynnbodoni@hotmail.com](mailto:lynnbodoni@hotmail.com)\>
> 
> Subject :  
> RE: Exciting News from Raraavis and The Fantasy Horns
> 
> Date :  
> Sat, 27 Apr 2002 22:47:59 -0700
> 
> MIME-Version: 1.0  
> Received: from [207.114.164.37] by [hotmail.com](http://hotmail.com) (3.2) with ESMTP id MHotMailBE94D81000C040043216CF72A4250BFD0; Sat, 27 Apr 2002 22:48:00 -0700  
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> From [support@sbwh.com](mailto:support@sbwh.com) Sat, 27 Apr 2002 22:48:01 -0700  
> Message-ID: \<[000501c1ee78$415fad00$6d07070a@webhostingprovider.com](mailto:000501c1ee78%24415fad00%246d07070a@webhostingprovider.com)\>  
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> In-Reply-To: \<[F52NAXVfUo9cBHqTi3s000020e1@hotmail.com](mailto:F52NAXVfUo9cBHqTi3s000020e1@hotmail.com)\>  
> View E-mail Message Source  
> Reply Reply All Forward Delete Put in Folder…InboxSent MessagesDraftsTrash CanConsumer/buyingfamilyGamestuffsdnewposterSDStaffstuff Printer Friendly Version
> 
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=“us-ascii”  
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> 
> This account was terminated as soon as we became aware of the spamming  
> that was done as per our terms of use (viewable at  
> [www.sbwh.com/termsofuse.html](http://www.sbwh.com/termsofuse.html)). Sorry for the inconvenience this has  
> caused you.
> 
> Santa Barbara Web Hosting, Inc.  
> [support@sbwh.com](mailto:support@sbwh.com)
> 
> -----Original Message-----  
> From: Lynn Bodoni [[mailto:lynnbodoni@hotmail.com](mailto:lynnbodoni@hotmail.com)]  
> Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 18:22  
> To: [abuse@webhostingprovider.com](mailto:abuse@webhostingprovider.com); [postmaster@raraavisband.com](mailto:postmaster@raraavisband.com);  
> [abuse@NYBluesandJazz.org](mailto:abuse@NYBluesandJazz.org); [postmaster@sobevideo.com](mailto:postmaster@sobevideo.com); [abuse@sobevideo.com](mailto:abuse@sobevideo.com)  
> Subject: Fwd: Exciting News from Raraavis and The Fantasy Horns  
> I never opted into this advertisement, the writer admits to harvesting  
> email  
> addresses (from the Straight Dope Message Board, incidentally, which is  
> NOT  
> primarily about music), and I think that you should terminate this  
> immediately. Several other people on the Straight Dope Message Board  
> have  
> received similar letters, which were equally unwanted.
> 
> To Sobevideo: Congratulations, you have insured that I will NEVER buy  
> any  
> of your products.  
> \>From: \<[newsletter@raraavisband.com](mailto:newsletter@raraavisband.com)\>  
> \>To: \<[lynnbodoni@hotmail.com](mailto:lynnbodoni@hotmail.com)\>  
> \>Subject: Exciting News from Raraavis and The Fantasy Horns  
> \>Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 12:08:26 -0700  
> \>MIME-Version: 1.0  
> \>Received: from [207.114.164.37] by [hotmail.com](http://hotmail.com) (3.2) with ESMTP id  
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> \>  
> \> \_\_\_\_\_  
> \>  
> \>The following message was sent to you as an opt-in subscriber. We will  
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> 
> \>interest you most. If you wish to unsubscribe please click here:  
> \>Unsubscribe \<[mailto:newsletter-unsubscribe@raraavisband.com](mailto:newsletter-unsubscribe@raraavisband.com)\>  
> \> \_\_\_\_\_  
> \>  
> \>  
> \>  
> \>Power Rhythm and Blues Cyber Show Band!  
> \>  
> \>  
> \>  
> \>Groundbreaking Music-DVD debut from Raraavis and the Fantasy Horns  
> \>  
> \>  
> \>Dear Video/Audiophile:  
> \>  
> \>My name is Steve Richards, head of marketing at SoBeVideo, a next  
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> 
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> \>  
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> 
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> 
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> \>  
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> 
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> \>  
> \>Susan O’Kane from The New York Blues Society  
> \>([http://www.nybluessociety.org/](http://www.nybluessociety.org/)) writes:  
> \>  
> \> “It’s a high-tech production of music and video art.”  
> \>  
> \>SoBeVideo releases are availa ble only through their Artist’s online  
> \>store and [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com). You can get your copy of RAW one at The Raraavis  
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> 
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> 
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> \>  
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> \>just send it back within 60 days for a full refund. You can keep the  
> \>CD, poster, and other items as our way of saying thanks for checking it
> 
> \>out. Raraavis and the Fantasy Horns and SoBeVideo gotcha covered!  
> \>  
> \>Steve Richards [steverichards@sobevideo.com](mailto:steverichards@sobevideo.com)  
> \>\<[mailto:steverichards@sobevideo.com](mailto:steverichards@sobevideo.com)\>  
> \>Principal - SoBeVideo  
> \>  
> \> \_\_\_\_\_  
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So I’d say that the “experimenters” just found out what spamming does.

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**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/97 "2002-04-28T10:45:31Z")

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You rock **Lynn**. 🙂

Let’s hope whoever harvested the addresses hasn’t spread them around too far and wide - people in the other threads are talking about the same pattern for ink-jet printers and cameras…

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**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/98 "2002-04-28T10:54:15Z")

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I posted this in GQ by mistake:

> [@](#):
>
> I’m a Doper who was lost in the hack (My posts, my beautiful posts, _sob_)
> 
> When the SDMB came back I had to re-register and used a new email addie. My new address hasn’t got any mail.
> 
> After reading what some have said in this thread, I thought I’d check the old address. Yep, been hit.
> 
> Looks like however hacked the board is now on stage 2 of their ‘Piss off the SDMB’ campaign. :mad:

I second the ‘you rock **Lynn** ’.

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**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/99 "2002-04-28T11:06:30Z")

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I put a thanks in the Pit thread as well, but this warrants two responses. Thanks to **Lynn Bodoni** for a job well done 🙂 .

- Tamerlane

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**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2002, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-getting-weird-mail-at-their-sdmb-e-mail/105996/100 "2002-04-28T11:19:06Z")

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Thank you, **Lynn**. Great stuff.

This is what happens when you take on the SDMB:  
the hackers got us an upgrade, and the spammers lost their account.

🙂

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